Energy Smart Appliances

Antonio Moreno-Munoz is a Professor at the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain, where he is the Chair of the Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation R&D Group. He received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from UNED, Spain in 1998 and 1992, respectively.
 
Neomar Giacomini is a Senior Manager for Electronics Hardware development at Whirlpool Corporation. He is an accomplished inventor, developer, and technology aficionado who has worked in Electronics for more than 20 years developing hardware, firmware, and sensors.

Energy Smart Appliances
 
Enables designers and manufacturers to manage real-world energy performance and expectations by covering a range of potential scenarios and challenges
 
Energy Smart Appliances provides utilities and appliance manufacturers, and designers with new approaches to better understand real-world performance, assess actual energy benefits, and tailor each technology to the needs of their customers.
 
With contributions from a fully international group of experts, including heads of prestigious research organizations and leading universities, and innovation managers of the main appliance manufacturers, Energy Smart Appliances includes discussion on:
* Enabling technologies for energy smart appliances, covering IoT devices and technology and active energy efficiency measures in residential environments
* Smart home and appliances, answering questions like 'Where are we heading in terms of the overall smart homes' future?' and 'What's the energy impact from smart home devices?'
* Demand-side management and demand response, covering overall system/ appliances readiness and ideal energy management scenario to drive demand response
* Energy smart appliances' best practices and success stories, including refrigerators, washers, dryers, and more
 
With practical coverage of a wide range of potential scenarios and existing and future challenges, Energy Smart Appliances is an essential learning resource for electrical engineering professionals, equipment manufacturers, and designers, along with postgraduate electrical engineering students and researchers in related fields and programs of study.

About the Editors xv
 
List of Contributors xvii
 
Acknowledgments xxi
 
Introduction xxiii
Antonio Moreno-Munoz and Neomar Giacomini
 
1 Demand-Side Flexibility in Smart Grids 1
Antonio Moreno-Munoz and Joaquin Garrido-Zafra
 
1.1 The Energy Sector 1
 
1.2 The Power Grid 2
 
1.3 The Smart Grid 5
 
1.4 Power Grid Flexibility 6
 
1.4.1 The Need for Flexibility 7
 
1.4.2 Sources of Flexibility 8
 
1.4.2.1 Flexible Generation 8
 
1.4.2.2 Flexible Transmission and Grid Interconnection 8
 
1.4.2.3 Control Over VRES 9
 
1.4.2.4 Energy Storage Facilities 9
 
1.4.2.5 Demand-Side Management 9
 
1.4.2.6 Other Sources of Flexibility 11
 
1.5 Power Quality, Reliability, and Resilience 12
 
1.5.1 Power Quality Disturbances 13
 
1.5.1.1 Transients 14
 
1.5.1.2 Short-Duration RMS Variation 16
 
1.5.1.3 Long-Duration RMS Variation 17
 
1.5.1.4 Imbalance 17
 
1.5.1.5 Waveform Distortion 18
 
1.5.1.6 Voltage Fluctuation 19
 
1.5.1.7 Power Frequency Variations 19
 
1.6 Economic Implications and Issues of Poor Power Quality 20
 
1.7 Internet of Things 24
 
1.8 The Relevance of Submetering 25
 
1.9 Energy Smart Appliances 26
 
Symbols and Abbreviations 28
 
References 29
 
2 A Deep Dive into the Smart Energy Home 35
Neomar Giacomini
 
2.1 Smart Home Ecosystem 35
 
2.2 Enabling Technologies 44
 
2.3 Limitations 46
 
2.4 A Look into a Future Anchored in the Past 51
 
2.5 Conclusion 59
 
Symbols and Abbreviations 60
 
Glossary 60
 
References 61
 
3 Household Energy Demand Management 65
Esther Palomar, Ignacio Bravo, and Carlos Cruz
 
3.1 Introduction 65
 
3.2 Technical Opportunities and Challenges for DSM 67
 
3.2.1 Software Solutions 67
 
3.2.2 Hardware Platforms 69
 
3.2.3 Communication Infrastructures 70
 
3.2.4 Communication Protocols 74
 
3.2.5 Security Concerns 79
 
3.3 Pilots and Experimental Settings 82
 
3.4 Conclusions 82
 
Symbols and Abbreviations 83
 
Glossary 84
 
References 86
 
4 Demand-Side Management and Demand Response 93
Neyre Tekb1y1k-Ersoy
 
4.1 Introduction 93
 
4.2 Demand Response vs. Demand-Side Management 94
 
4.3 The Need for Demand Response/Demand-Side Management 94
 
4.4 DSM Strategies 95
 
4.4.1 Energy Efficiency/Energy Conservation 95
 
4.4.2 Peak Demand Clipping 96
 
4.4.3 Demand Valley Filling 96
 
4.4.4 Load Shifting 97
 
4.4.5 Flexible Load Shaping 97
 
4.4.6 Strategic Load Growth 97
 
4.5 Demand Response Programs 98
 
4.5.1 Types of Loads: Elastic vs. Non-elastic 98
 
4.5.2 General Approaches to Demand Response 98
 
4.5.3 Smart Pricing Models for DR 99
 
4.6 Smallest Communication Subsystem Enabling DSM: HAN 100
 
4.6.1 General Structure 100
 
4.6.2 Enabling Communication Technologies 101
 
4.7 Smart Metering 102
 
4.7.1 Smart Meters vs. Conventional Meters 102
 
4.7.2 What Should Consumers Know About the Advanced Metering Infrastructure 104
 
4.8 Energy Usage Patterns of Households 104
 
4.9 Energy Consumption Scheduling 106
 
4.10 Demand Response Options for Appliances 107
 
4.11 Bidirectional Effects of Demand Response 108
 
4.11.1 Value of Demand Response for Balancing Renewable Energy Generation 108
 
4.11.2 Value of Demand Respons